Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread (freelancer), October 2023

by: DockT
text: USA | Remote<p>Dock Technologies is an early-stage healthcare technology company that seeks a contractor to help update its web application. The web application is used to track time-sensitive processes in patient care situations, like stroke treatment, and your work will directly help clinicians and patients.<p>Requirements:<p>- At least two years commercial experience with MEAN stack (Mongo, Express, Angular, Node.js)<p>- Experience configuring and deploying applications to AWS and Heroku, following security best practices (such as outlined in HIPAA standards), in a business environment<p>The initial contract is two phases, with a third to be determined<p>1. Update the web app codebase to use more recent libraries, fix some minor database connection issues, and redeploy to existing Heroku environments<p>2. Migrate application to AWS and configure per HIPAA standards<p>3. Add data analysis and visualization features in the clientside UI (to be scoped after phases 1+2)<p>Contract period: 6 weeks<p>Compensation: Negotiable, open to cash or equity<p>Contact: jobs@docktechnologies.com

by: lgessler
text: USA | REMOTE<p>We are a couple of academics who run a popular Olympiad-style competition for high schoolers nation-wide. Our current software system for administering this competition is quite old and idiosyncratic, and we want to do a rewrite.<p>The administration of the test itself is not handled by our software (it&#x27;s done on paper), but all of the organizing around it is handled by the software. This is all pretty standard CRUD stuff: there should be a user system that distinguishes at least three kinds of roles (admins, who need to create competitions and publish standard text-based content like announcements; proctors, who need to be able to be associated with competitions and dates they&#x27;ll be administering tests and the students who&#x27;ll take it; students, who need to be able to register for tests at certain times and locations).<p>We have a lump sum of $30,000 for this work, but it needs to be disbursed by the end of this year or else it disappears, so this project needs to get done on a tight timeline. Also, we should be upfront and tell you that you&#x27;ll be getting paid through university bureaucracy, which is not difficult per se, but does involve a decent amount of paperwork. We think this is a great opportunity for a senior web developer who has done a lot CRUD stuff like this before. We do not have any requirements about use of any particular tech stack, though all else being equal, we&#x27;d mildly prefer Django in Python.<p>If you&#x27;re interested, please contact me at lukegessler (αt) gmail (dοt) com, with [HN] in the subject line so that I know you&#x27;ve read this posting, and write a paragraph or two explaining your relevant experience for this opportunity. Our engineering expert (me) and our domain expert (my colleague) would then work quickly with you to hammer down a list of requirements to deliver, and you&#x27;d be off to the races!<p>PS: we need to check on this, but we suspect you may need to be a US citizen, unfortunately. Will update this post ASAP.

by: uplift_ltd
text: Boulder, CO | Remote | US Time Zone<p>At Uplift, we’re on a mission to perfect our work life while learning, building, and enjoying our free time. We&#x27;re looking for well rounded software engineers to join our team. Contract or contract-to-hire, open to employment too. Many more details on our website <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.ltd&#x2F;careers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.ltd&#x2F;careers</a><p>1. Mid&#x2F;senior experience in at least 2 of these:<p>* React&#x2F;React Native<p>* Django (python)<p>* GraphQL (Django &amp; React+Apollo)<p>Usually start part time &amp; ramp up.<p>2. Scala Engineer<p>The position involves building backend services in Scala and a GraphQL layer in TypeScript.<p><i>Must</i> have 1-2 years of experience with Scala. Experience with TypeScript is a big plus.<p>This is a 6-month opportunity, could turn into a permanent position.<p>Bonus for all positions:<p>* Freelance experience: delivered projects, managed budget&#x2F;estimate, worked with non-technical clients (most important)<p>* Heroku or AWS<p>* Laravel&#x2F;MVC framework in PHP, PHPUnit<p>* Thrift<p>* Excellent CSS skills<p>* Native iOS&#x2F;Android<p>* SQL experience<p>* Can think critically, build from rough specs (no designs or detailed specs)<p>One of our core values is continuous learning: within the industry &amp; from each other. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. If you&#x27;re self-sufficient, passionate &amp; a good communicator, apply now!<p>Web designers can check out our site for details.<p>#### To apply:<p>You have at least 20 hours per week available, and are located in a US timezone.<p>Visit <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.ltd&#x2F;careers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.ltd&#x2F;careers&#x2F;</a>, select a position, and follow the instructions.

by: aceelric
text: Remote
Needed: Senior React Developer to join us at Nordbeam.<p>I&#x27;m looking for one or two Senior React software engineers to join us at Nordbeam. We&#x27;re a React&#x2F;React Native consultancy based in Sweden but we work with remote developers all the time. If interested, apply through here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;activeinterview.com&#x2F;interviews&#x2F;intrv_02uUKEPZcz5Xq1TJTLRT46" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;activeinterview.com&#x2F;interviews&#x2F;intrv_02uUKEPZcz5Xq1T...</a>

by: tikkun
text: Remote<p>Needed: Software engineers to research LLM topics.<p>I’d like to find a couple freelance engineers to help out with some LLM research questions. Mostly they&#x27;re questions of personal curiosity. Things like approximating the historical inference speed for a fixed model size, historically, and identifying what model improvements would be needed for GPT to be a useful &#x27;junior dev&#x27; agent, or a useful MacOS desktop copilot. Email is in profile.

by: fluffyspork
text: SEEKING FREELANCER<p>Likes programming in C without the dogma.<p>Familiarity with video processing, computer vision, http, surfing a plus.<p>Email code example or link with brief explanation of why it&#x27;s interesting to jason@fluffyspork.com